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THURSDAY: GAME ON
With much of the setup done, Thursday saw the actual running of the
press and printing of the cover supplement. While it was the FLEXO
Cover Dream Team’s intent from the start of the project to show optimi-
zation of two different plate materials, because of a last minute error in
plate processing, the cover was printed with only one of these materials.
Beyond that hiccup, the actual printing of the cover was a smooth
endeavor. Samples were taken every several thousand feet, made all the
more easier thanks to the press’ start/stop capabilities. With each pull,
those in the pressroom—including a guest appearance from 2015 FTA
Hall of Fame inductee Paul Lancelle—gathered around the nearest light
booth, loupes in hand, to examine the coloring, registration and various
other details. The 7-color cover included a varnish, as well as vector and
raster graphics (see Design Sidebar).
Any tweaks to settings on the press were handled by Stefanucci. Every
flexographer who visited APR during the week was quick to sing
his praise. Mazur summed it up best: “We had a press operator who
knew what he was doing. You talk about all the other suppliers who
were there—I know plates, Mark Samworth knows color, Ann knows
tapes—but none of us are going to be able to run that press and make
it do what we want it to do. He made it happen.”
Black, who described himself as the “second hand on press,” and Stefa-
nucci handled these tweaks with what Pavett described as a “beautiful
marriage” of hardware and software. He explained that, by using
APR’s SpotOn! Flexo software (a 2014 Technical Innovation Award
(From left): Joe Tuccitto, Ann Michaud and Fabrizio Stefanucci talk
about the nuances and technology available in Bobst Firenze’s press.
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